1. Vision for the Columbia Fuel Cell District Building a Knowledge Economy Cluster

2. Goal Knowledge Economy Jobs

3. Good to Great – What It Takes 1.Get the right people on the bus 2.Control the brutal facts, understand your core competency. 3.Take action based on being the best at what you can be best at…leverage assets. 4.Implement the resulting plan rigorously, with adequate resources, discipline and focus.

4. #1. Get the Right People on the Bus Federal Delegation State Delegation Local Leaders Fuel Cell Challenge Team Build a Broad Coalition!

5. #2. Control the Brutal Facts Where can we be world class? How do we create a fuel cell cluster when large markets don’t yet exist? Competition is tough. –Other States –India -- 1,000,000 FC cars by 2020 –Japan -- Home to Top 5 Fuel Cell Patent Producers

6. #3. What It Takes to Be the Best - Strong Innovation Pipeline Build Critical Mass in Research Provide Commercialization Infrastructure Create Incentives to Grow & Attract Industry

7. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Innovation Center NSF Center Innovista -- Horizon Center Endowed Chairs Research Focus K12 Community Education Demo Projects FC Challenge SC Launch! Incubation Facilities Military Testing &Training Center Recruitment and Incentives SCMEP SC Export Consortium Midlands Technical College Capital Fuel Cell District

9. #4. Implement the Plan with Focus… and Discipline ApplicationMarket Opportunity Micro/PortableMilitary, First Responder, Battery StationaryData Center Back-up, Commercial UPS, Telco TransportMilitary, Fleet and Niche Vehicles, Forklift

10. LEGISLATIONFUNDINGYEAR10-YR TOTAL 1.Endowed Chairs$60MM per year2001$600MM 2.Research Campus Bond Act $440MM2004$1B+ 3.Innovation Centers $12MM2005$12MM 4.Venture Capital Act $50MM2005$50MM 5.Industry Partners Act $6MM per year2006 $60MM 6.Hyd/FC Infrastructure Act$5MM per year2007$15MM 10-YEAR FUNDING PROJECTION$1.73 Billion + BILLIONS OF FEDERAL RESEARCH DOLLARS …..and Adequate Resources Commercial- ization Applied Research Basic Research  VIBRANT ECONOMY

11. Summary Right Team and Partners USCSCRAEngenuitySCCityPrivate Sector Strong Innovation Pipeline DiscoveryDevelopmentDeployment Market Focused Approach PortableStationaryTransportation Enabling Policy R&DInfrastructureIncentivesCapitalRecruitment

12. Neil Mclean 803.783.1507 nmclean@engenuitysc.com